Persuade that a great speech has the power to provoke thought and stir emotion despite having been delivered in a different social and historical context The AUSTRALIAN HISTORY FOR US ALL has FAITH that there comes a time when enough is enough, a HOPE that when denial and guilt overwhelm oneself so fully that RECONCILIATION can be achieved. Is the moral and political turbulence of the colonial past addressed today? And may praise be passed to those who have struggled against the “ramparts” of conservatism in Australia? In 1996 Noel Pearson addressed the Chancellor’s Club Dinner provoking the question as to whether we should use the notion of “guilt” to help evolve the “national narrative” towards a greater recognition of the injustices committed
Discussing how many of his colleagues viewed him as the luckiest candidates of the fifty states in his bid to become the senator of Illinois, he expands in his depiction of how he felt as if he was the “the rookie who showed up after the game” during his first appearance in the nations capital. Obama describes in chapter two, a meeting with George W. Bush at the White House. Reminiscing about how many democratic audiences are surprised when he tells them that he doesn’t consider Bush a bad man. However, with that said Obama does write that he felt many of his policies favored the wealthy. Chapter three goes into depth on the passage of bills and laws in order to reshape the constitution our founding fathers wrote.
Of the 1488 male barristers in Victoria, 274 or 18 per cent are senior or Queen's counsel. This compares with 421 female barristers, of whom only 20 - or less than 5 per cent - are senior or Queen's counsel. Women Barristers Association convener Joye Elleray said men were better networkers than women and had a far more aggressive style when it came to getting work. ''Women … just don't have that level of aggression about fighting for what should be their right to equal pay,'' she said. The Victorian bar's equality and diversity committee last year filed a submission to the House of Representatives inquiry into pay equity for women, claiming there was ''a consistent and significant discrepancy between the average brief fee earned by male and female members of
1The 111th U.S. Congress consists of 255 Democratic House members with 57 in the Senate, while the Republican Party falls short with around 117 members and 41 in the Senate. This gives the Democratic Party the majority. 2According to one source, President Obama has an unprecedented winning streak in gaining the majority of Congressional votes. This is in comparison to the last five decades, since Congressional Quarterly or CQ began scoring Presidential success rates with Congress. With Congress backing the President on issues he takes an official position on, I would say accomplishing his agenda is definitely in his favor.
VISUAL ARTS!!! ARCHIBALD PRIZE: The Archibald prize is considered to be the most portraiture prize and also the most prominent of all art prizes in Australia. The Archibald prize was the first awarded in 1921 from the editor of the bulletin JF Archibald. The trustees of the art gallery of New South Wales administer it and the Archibald prize goes to the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in art, letters, science or politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia. The prize as of 2007 is $35,000 and is run annually.
97.5% B. 5% C. 2.5% D. 95% Reset Selection Question 19 of 40 2.5 Points A poll of 1,068 adult Americans reveals that 52% of the voters surveyed prefer the Democratic candidate for the presidency. At the 0.05 significance level, test the claim that more than half of all voters prefer the Democrat. A. Reject the null hypothesis.
Leadership Paper Bill Clinton is one of the most popular presidents that this country has ever had; he led the country to one of the greatest economic expansions in its history and managed to leave office with an approval rating of 66% which is the highest rating at the end of office of any president since World War II. Clinton was a long time governor of his home state Arkansas, before being elected president in 1992. In his presidency he managed to balance the federal budget and actually manage to create a surplus of $559 billion, to put that in perspective we a now running a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit. Clinton was an outstanding student and musician in high school he said that he briefly considered dedicating his life to music, but
A survey hosted by the United Nations Children’s Fund in Australia undertaken by 1043 Australian youths, are representatives of a new generation of Australians. The survey shows that 75% of respondents refer to themselves as extremely or very interested in Aid with 74.2% believe that we are not giving enough aid. In this sense, only 3.3% have said that we are helping too much and others stood ground that we are giving enough. Believe it or not, Australia is only ranked at 13th for Foreign Aid distribution and our Money towards it only stands towards 0.5% of our country’s reserves. Chief executive of world vision Australia, Tim Costello, claimed during the election campaign that 450,000 lives would be lost as result of the Coalition's proposal to cut Australia's projected foreign aid budget by $4.5 billion.
“In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote in the election, with 50,992,335 votes to 50,455,156 votes for George W. Bush.” (http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1093/9/2000-George-W-Bush-vs-Al-Gore-10-of-theclosest-presidential-elections-in-United-States-history.html) Al Gore had about half of a million more votes than George Bush. Because of the electoral college, George Bush was still
In 2000, there were about eight thousand or more black office holders in the United States. According to Forbes magazine, Oprah Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century. Perhaps the greatest achievement in the history of African American stand for justice was the rise of Barack Obama, the first black presidential nominee, of the Democratic Party. He went on to become the first African American man to win the most desired office seat in the world. Barack Obama is now the 44th President of United States of America.